 Photo By: LSUsports.net Da Boot Sports 2/28/2026 By: Terrill J. Weil BATON ROUGE, LA - Oklahoma came into the Pete Maravich Assembly Center on Saturday afternoon and solidly defeated LSU, 83-67 in front of 7,019 Tiger Fans. The Bayou Bengals struggled on both ends of the court all game long. Another frustrating contest for LSU. LSU only shot 35% from the field for the game. They hit 6-23 from three point land for 26%. At the free throw line they hit 17-19 for 89%. LSU won the rebound battle, 37-35. Mackinnon led the team with 17 points. Carter scored 12. Nwoko finished with 11 points. Tamba had 10. Sutton contributed 7 points. Miller managed 6 points. Reece and King both finished with 2 points each. The game started with LSU racing out to a quick 5-0 lead. Oklahoma would go on a 10-0 run to lead, 10-5 at the 16:00 mark. The Tigers would do just enough to keep things close. At the 10:49 media timeout, the Sooners led, 20-16. LSU would cut the Oklahoma lead to three, 28-25 with 6:01 left in the first half. But the Tigers would go ice cold, going without a basket over the next five minutes, allowing the Sooners to extend their advantage. We headed to halftime with Oklahoma leading, 41-33. LSU struggled in the first half only making 10-30 from from the field for 33%. They were 2-12 from behind the arc for 17%. At the charity stripe they sank 11-13 for 85%. LSU out-rebounded the Sooners over the first 20 minutes, 21-14. Nwoko led the team at the break with 7 points. Mackinnon and Tamba both scored 6 points each. Miller added 4 points. Carter had 3 points. King and Reece both finished with 2 points each. The Tigers were still unable to make a run to cut into the Sooners lead early in the second half. At the 10:55 official's timeout, Oklahoma led, 57-50. LSU went ice cold from the field, allowing Oklahoma to pull away. The Sooners would go on a 12-2 run to increase their lead to 17 points, 69-52 with 7:52 remaining. On top of shooting poorly, the Tigers had no answer defensively for the Sooners offensive attack. as Oklahoma built a commanding 79-62 advantage with only five minutes left to play. Oklahoma controlled the contest over the final five minutes of play to earn the victory. LSU falls to 15-14 overall and 3-13 in SEC play. Next up for the Tigers is a trip to the state of Alabama to play Auburn on Tuesday, March 3 at 9:00pm. The game will be televised on the SEC Network. **Please be sure to go to our Da Boot Sports YouTube Channel every Monday night at 8pm CST for our live podcast, 'Talking Tigers with Da Boot Sports!' Host David Penn, co-hosts Mark Hawkins & former LSU Basketball great Clarence Ceasar will talk LSU Men's & Women's Basketball & some LSU Baseball. Make sure you tune in for a great show! Thank You for your support! GEAUX TIGERS!!! *John 14:6 - "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." (Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior) *John 3;16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
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